Should Saddam Hussein hang?

[Mik Dickinson]

As it would turn out there have been a lot of European Companies that did deals for Oil with this guy.He deserves to die slowly and anybody that backed him up should be dragged in with him.Name and shame them.The public could be surprised as to which companies helped him

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Hang him high.

Funny though, I don't recall many western politicians clamouring for him to be brought to justice twenty years ago and he was just as murderous then. I wonder why?

Anyway, that's one job out of the way. Now maybe Tony can embark on the invasion of Zimbabwe and the subsequent trial of Robert Mugabe for his crimes against humanity...oh sorry, I forgot, there's no oil there.

Yes, Saddam deserves to hang but I wish the likes of Bush and Blair would spare us the moral outrage. Pass me the sick bag.

A damning enditement of western leaders when oil hangs one (maybe) and the other carries on regardless because he aint got anything the west wants. A seriuos case of double standards. How can GWB spout outrage when some American states fry swing or OD there capital punishment prisoners. Time to clean his own countries morals ove CP before bemoaning others.

[cashman]

i voted no, to hanging, believe he should be executed by firing squad. on the basis there was people hung in ireland in 1916, who rapidly became martyrs,by way of folk songs etc etc, and we are only now coming out of that mess, right or wrong these people believe they are soldiers, and a soldiers death may just prevent this, to me Dead is Dead, so its worth exploring cos hanging sure as hell dont prevent it.

[steeljack]

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Mubarak warns on Saddam hanging

amazing , now we have world leaders popping up everywhere saying the death penalty should not be carried out , first the EU Presidency, then TonyBlair on 'moral'/religious grounds and now the president of Egypt.
Seems the only two in favour are the Presidents of the US and Iran, strange bedfellows indeed.
Tyrants responsible for thousands of deaths and they end up their days living in comfort protected by their fellow Presidents and PrimeMinisters...examples ....Idi Amin, Marcos, Shah of Iran, Emporer Bokassa of the Central African Republic/Empire, Mobutu, Baby Doc Duvalier , it's like an unwritten rule club rule , 'kill as many as you want and we wont kill you if you promise not to kill me when my turn comes'

[jambutty]

Whether Saddam is hung or shot won’t make any difference cashman. He will still be just as dead with the potential of becoming a martyr. But then he will still have the potential of becoming a martyr to some if he is imprisoned for life with the added danger of an attempt being made to gain his release.

Saddam has been proven to be a criminal, although he sees himself as a combatant and has asked to be shot rather than hung. His request has been denied.

This point was debated on Question Time last night with the result that the consensus was that Saddam was tried under Iraqi law that was formulated by a government that was put in place by the people of Iraq in a national vote. Iraqi law allows for murderers to pay for their crime with the death penalty by hanging. 50 years ago he could have been stoned to death.

We may not agree with capital punishment and live in a country where such a punishment does not exist but that has nothing to do with Iraq and we have no business poking our noses in. We expect other countries to respect our laws and we should have the same respect for their laws.

The most that we non capital punishment countries can do is to appeal for clemency on Saddam’s behalf but even that would be interfering in Iraqi affairs.

[SPUGGIE J]

It will be the majority of western countries that would want his sentence commuted to life. We in the west think that our own values are beter than those in the middle east yet we have more issues in some respects than them. Its their court their country so the punishment is theirs to choose. I may be gainst the sentance but I am also against outside interferenc e from countries with a a superiority of morals issues.

We cannot alledgly free Iraq, give them their own govenment, which is supposed to be democraticaly elected who pick the judges, only to throw a tantrum when they say we are going to hang him. Iraq is either soverign with its own parliment, govenment, laws, courts, police etc. Or its just a subservient state that was to all entents and porposes conquered and will be treated as such ie we get the oil and we might help a little. Threaten that and we come down like a ton of bricks.

So to the leaders of the world is Iraq Soveriegn or Conquered it is one or the other and cant be both????

[cashman]

Whether Saddam is hung or shot won’t make any difference cashman. He will still be just as dead with the potential of becoming a martyr. But then he will still have the potential of becoming a martyr to some if he is imprisoned for life with the added danger of an attempt being made to gain his release. --------- agree jim but all i,m saying is simple- hung he will become a martyr- no question. shot i just dont know, but would think there is slightly less chance,and as i said before Dead is Dead, so whats to lose?

[LancYorkYankee]

The terrorists will use any excuse to cause a furor. Whether it be a stupid book, cartoon, or the death of this scumbag.

[Church Boy]

I can't understand why you are tearing into each other over This piece of crap. I f you look at this another way in that Saddam is a product from a Culture of extreme Barbarism where people have been kept in the dark ages of religion for centuries,they have been under the thumb of tyrant's & have been abused & also brainwashed against Western Countries since the year dot.I'm sure they will dance in the streets when Saddam hangs,just like they did after September 11.Church Boy

[maxwell silver]

Why hang him?Whats the point?Lethal injection would do,in private.Don't tell the world its been done,say he's incarcerated for life & every few years issue a doctored photo to prove it.New conspiracy theory.

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by maxwell silver

Why hang him?Whats the point?Lethal injection would do,in private.Don't tell the world its been done,say he's incarcerated for life & every few years issue a doctored photo to prove it.New conspiracy theory.

Or use one of his doubles.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by maxwell silver

Why hang him?Whats the point?Lethal injection would do,in private.Don't tell the world its been done,say he's incarcerated for life & every few years issue a doctored photo to prove it.New conspiracy theory.

now that i like,thats devious, we could be related maxwell.